History Creator / NnediOkorafor

Okorafor also writes comics. Her first Creator/{{Marvel}} work, ''ComicBook/BlackPanther: Long Live the King'', was published in 2017. She followed that series with other ''Black Panther''-adjacent titles, namely the Dora Milaje storyline ''ComicBook/WakandaForever'', and ''ComicBook/{{Shuri}}'', featuring the titular younger sister of T'Challa.

* ''ComicBook/{{Shuri}}'' (2018)

Okorafor was born in the United States to two Igbo Nigerian immigrant parents. She has a doctorate in English and is a professor at Chicago State University. She is inspired by Creator/OctaviaButler, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/PhilipPullman, Tove Jansson, Creator/HayaoMiyazaki and Ngugi wa Thiong'o.

Her first novel, ''Literature/ZahrahTheWindseeker'', was published in 2005. She mainly writes UrbanFantasy books that are based on Nigerian myths and culture. She also averts most MedievalEuropeanFantasy tropes in her novels.

Okorafor also writes comics. Her first Creator/{{Marvel}} work, ''ComicBook/BlackPanther: Long Live the King'', was published in 2017. She followed that series with other ''Black Panther''-adjacent titles, namely the Dora Milaje storyline ''ComicBook/WakandaForever'', and ''ComicBook/{{Shuri|Marvel Comics}}'', featuring the titular younger sister of T'Challa.

* ''ComicBook/{{Shuri|Marvel Comics}}'' (2018)

Okorafor also writes comics. Her first Creator/{{Marvel}} work, ''ComicBook/BlackPanther: Long Live the King'', was published in 2017. She followed that series with other ''Black Panther''-adjacent titles, namely the Dora Milaje storyline ''Wakanda Forever'', and ''ComicBook/{{Shuri|Marvel Comics}}'', featuring the titular younger sister of T'Challa.

* ''Wakanda Forever'' (2018)

Nnedi Okorafor (born Nnedimma Nkemdili Okorafor, previously known as Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, April 8, 1974) is a Nigerian-American fantasy writer. She was born in the United States to two Igbo Nigerian immigrant parents. She has a doctorate in English and is a professor at Chicago State University. She is inspired by Creator/OctaviaButler, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/PhilipPullman, Tove Jansson, Creator/HayaoMiyazaki and Ngugi wa Thiong'o.

Her first novel, ''Literature/ZahrahTheWindseeker'', was published in 2005.

She mainly writes UrbanFantasy books that are based on Nigerian myths and culture. She also averts most of the MedievalEuropeanFantasy tropes in her novels.

!! Works with a page on this wiki:

!!Other selected works:
* ''Long Juju Man'' (2009)
* ''Iridessa and the Fire-Bellied Dragon Frog'' (2011)
* ''Iridessa and the Secret of the Never Mine'' (2012)
* ''Kabu-Kabu'' (2013)
* ''Lagoon'' (2014)
* ''Binti'' (2015)
* ''Binti: Home'' (2017)
* ''Akata Warrior'' (2017)
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%%!! Tropes in her other works:

!!Bibilography:

* ''Long Juju Man'' (2009)

* ''Iridessa and the Fire-Bellied Dragon Frog'' (2011)

* ''Iridessa and the Secret of the Never Mine'' (2012)
* ''Kabu-Kabu'' (2013)
* ''Lagoon'' (2014)

!!!Tropes common in her works:
* ContinuityNod: Okorafor is fond of doing this, using references to her made-up world Ginen to loosely tie together ''Zahrah the Windseeker'' (set on Ginen), ''Literature/TheShadowSpeaker'' (set partly on Ginen), ''Literature/WhoFearsDeath'' (the heroine finds a book about Ginen), and ''Literature/AkataWitch'' (the heroine's knife was probably made on Ginen).
** ''The Book of Phoenix'', other than being a prequel to ''Who Fears Death'', mentions Leopard People and other elements from ''Akata Witch''.
* FeministFantasy: All of her books feature female protagonists overcoming sexism/racism.
* HumansAreWhite: Averted, in fact most of her fantasy/sci-fi worlds either take place in Africa or are explicitly based on African mythology.
* ScienceFantasy: ''The Shadow Speaker'' and ''Zahrah the Windseeker'' both are mixtures of sci-fi and fantasy, though ''Zahrah the Windseeker'' is more explicitly fantasy. Both take place in futuristic worlds that are very high tech (the former taking place in a future Earth and the latter taking place in another realm that is similar to Earth) that also have various people with magical powers. ''Literature/WhoFearsDeath'' is a fantasy with magic and shapeshifting, but there are high-tech appliances such as personal computers present as well.
* ShownTheirWork

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Nnedi Okorafor is a Nigerian-American fantasy writer. She was born in the United States to two Igbo Nigerian immigrant parents. She has a doctorate in English and is a professor at Chicago State University. She is inspired by Creator/OctaviaButler, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/PhilipPullman, Tove Jansson, Creator/HayaoMiyazaki and Ngugi wa Thiong'o.

Her first novel, ''Zahrah the Windseeker'', was published in 2005.

* ''Long Juju Man''(2009)

* ''Akata Warrior'' (TBA)

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* ''Akata Witch 2: Breaking Kola'' (TBA)

Nnedi Okorafor is a Nigerian-American fantasy writer. She was born in the United States to two Igbo (Nigerian) immigrant parents. She has a doctorate in English and is a professor at Chicago State University. She is inspired by Creator/OctaviaButler, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/PhilipPullman, Tove Jansson, Creator/HayaoMiyazaki and Ngugi wa Thiong'o.

Nnedi Okorafor is a Nigerian-American fantasy writer. She was born in the United States to two Igbo (Nigerian) immigrant parents. She has a doctorate in English and is a professor at Chicago State University. She is inspired by Creator/StephenKing, Creator/PhilipPullman, Tove Jansson, Creator/HayaoMiyazaki and Ngugi wa Thiong'o.

* ''The Book of Phoenix'' (2015)

* ''Akata Witch 2'' (TBA)

* ''Zahrah the Windseeker'' (2005) (as Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu)

* ScienceFantasy: ''The Shadow Speaker'' and ''Zahrah the Windseeker'' both are mixtures of sci-fi and fantasy, though ''Zahrah the Windseeker'' is more explicitly fantasy. Both take place in futuristic worlds that are very high tech (the former taking place in a future Earth and the latter taking place in another realm that is similar to Earth) that also have various people with magical powers.
** ''Literature/WhoFearsDeath'' is a fantasy with magic and shapeshifting, but there are high-tech appliances such as personal computers present as well.